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Television & Movies
- Big Bird in Japan debuts on PBS, January
- Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting on NBC, April 7
- The Jim Henson Hour airs on NBC, April 14 - July 30
- Jim Henson and Kermit appear on The Tonight Show to promote The Jim Henson Hour, April 17
- Jim Henson appears on CBS This Morning, April 21
- Jim Henson and Kermit on The Pat Sajak Show, May 8
- Jim Henson, Kermit and Rowlf on The Arsenio Hall Show, May 22
- Kermit appears at the 3rd annual American Comedy Awards, May 23
- An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz taped, July
- The Ghost of Faffner Hall begins on HBO, September 11
- Muppet Babies Season 6 begins on CBS, September 16
- Sesame Street Season 21, November 13
International Television & Movies
- Rua Sésamo begins airing in Portugal
Storybooks
- Adding Fraggles
- Alice's First Words
- Baby Kermit's Message
- Bert and the Magic Lamp
- Big Bird the Artist
- Big Bird Gets Lost
- Big Bird Meets the Orchestra
- The Biggest Cookie in the World
- Gonzo's Big Mess
- Gonzo the Great
- Grover's Adventure Under the Sea
- Happy Mother's Day!
- I Can't Wait Until Christmas
- It's No Fun to Be Sick!
- Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories
- Mokey Fraggle's New Colors
- Mom Gets a Job
- Big Enough
- Head to Toe
- Muppet Babies Seasons
- On My Way with Sesame Street series
- Piggy the Explorer
- Piggy Gets the Jitters
- Splish-Splashy Day
- That Makes Me Angry!
- TV or Not TV
- When Oscar Was a Little Grouch
- The World According to Elmo
Merchandise
- Muppet Magazine issues 25 and 26
- The New Who's Who on Sesame Street coloring book
- Are We There Yet?: Songs for Tiny Travelers book-and-tape set
- Count Me In! book-and-tape set
- Lullaby and Good Night book-and-tape set
- Sing Me a Story! book-and-tape set
Stage Shows
- Sesame Street Live presents Silly Dancing
Behind the Scenes
- In August, Jim Henson enters into serious negotiations with Michael Eisner to sell The Jim Henson Company to The Walt Disney Company. Negotiations would fall through the following year upon Henson's death.
Muppet Character Debuts
- The Jim Henson Hour: Clifford, Waldo C. Graphic
- Sesame Street: Preston Rabbit
- Sesamstrasse: Rumpel, Buh, Simson
People
- Joe Raposo dies, February 5
- Hans-Helmut Dickow dies, December 18
- Joey Mazzarino begins working with the Muppets
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